Re: [docbook-apps] Content on back cover of print output

["Bob Stayton" <bobs@sagehill.net>]

There isn't a backcover template for you to fill in (it would make a nice 
feature request, though).

One way to do it is to customize the template with match="book" in 
fo/division.xsl.  Near the end, you add something like:

<xsl:template match="book">
  ...
  <xsl:apply-templates select="$content"/>
  <!-- Add the following line -->
  <xsl:call-template name="backpage"/>
</xsl:template>

It is too bad that is such a big template.  It really needs to be 
modularized to make customization like this easier.  That's on my list.

Then define a template named "backpage" that generates a new page-sequence 
for your back cover content. That fo:page-sequence element should include:

   initial-page-number="auto-even"

to ensure that the content starts on an even-numbered (back) page.  It 
should only contain one page of content.

If your book content normally ends on an odd page, you might want to 
prevent it from generating a blank even page. To do that, you need to set 
force-page-count="no-force" on the page-sequence preceding the back cover. 
You do that by customizing the force.page.count template from 
fo/pagesetup.xsl to add another condition for your last child element of 
your book.  Let me know if you need further expansion on any of this.

Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises
DocBook Consulting
bobs@sagehill.net


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Claus Rasmussen" <claus@webclaus.com>
To: <docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 1:59 AM
Subject: [docbook-apps] Content on back cover of print output


> Hi folks,
>
> I'm producing a PDF that will go straigt to the print shop, and I need to
> put some content on the back cover (which is the last page of the book in 
> FO
> terms).
>
> I have two ideas but I'm not sure any of them are valid approaches:
>
> 1. Is there actually just a template I can override to put content of the
> back cover?
>
> 2. Is there a parameter that will turn off the "even out" feature that
> forces a blank page at the end of various elements?
>
> Anybody got a quick hint?
>
> Best,
> Claus
>
>
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